On Sunday, October 27, 2013 12:23:29 PM Basil Chupin wrote:

I've checked the Forums but don't see the answer to my question: is there a patch for the latest nVidia driver 319.60 so that it can be compiled for the 3.11.x kernel.

Does anyone know, please, if such a patch exists and if so where is it to be found?

BC

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Basil: I just downloaded the newest Nvidia driver for my GeForce 8400GS ( 331.20) from the Nvidia site. I installed it WITHOUT any patches using jdmcdaniels' lnvhw script. Rebooted, no problems so far. Also downloaded the Linux 3.12.0-1.ge8fa6b4-desktop kernel and will try it latter today. Russ -- openSUSE 12.3(Linux 3.11.1-3.gfeffbf9-desktop)|KDE 4.11.2 |Intel core2duo 2.5 MHZ,|8GB DDR3|GeForce 8400GS (NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-325.15 Patched) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 08/11/13 05:44, Upscope wrote:

On Sunday, October 27, 2013 12:23:29 PM Basil Chupin wrote:

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I've checked the Forums but don't see the answer to my question: is there a patch for the latest nVidia driver 319.60 so that it can be compiled for the 3.11.x kernel.

Does anyone know, please, if such a patch exists and if so where is it to be found?

BC

-- Using openSUSE 13.1, KDE 4.11.2 & kernel 3.11.6-3 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX660 OC 2GB DDR5 GPU

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Rebooted, no problems so far. Also downloaded the Linux 3.12.0-1.ge8fa6b4-desktop kernel and will try it latter today.

Russ

Well, the driver will not compile with the 3.12 kernel UNLESS one adds the option, '--no-unified-memory' and then it will compile. One obstacle has been removed - the patch - but this has been replaced by another - this '--no-unified.....' thing. What I want to know, is WHAT exactly does this option do? Is this some sort of regression in the driver's efficacy? BC -- Using openSUSE 13.1, KDE 4.11.2 & kernel 3.11.6-4 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX660 OC 2GB DDR5 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

* Upscope [11-08-13 18:12]: [...]

Just ran into this earlier today. Have not tried it yet. i think is supposted to read --no-unified-memory. At least thats' what my installer log showed.

error I got was:

CODE -------- nvidia-linux.ko failed to build. error 1. try again using --no-unified-memory --------

I uninstalled 3.12 kernel (12.3) earlier when it would not install the Nvidia driver. I have it on 13.1 and I'll try that. If it works then I'll try on 12.3.

Works for me w/"--no-unified...." on Tumbleweed, kernel-desktop-3.12.0-34.2.ge8fa6b4.x86_64 -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

* Basil Chupin [11-08-13 22:31]:

On 09/11/13 12:27, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Upscope [11-08-13 18:12]: [...]

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Just ran into this earlier today. Have not tried it yet. i think is supposted to read --no-unified-memory. At least thats' what my installer log showed.

error I got was:

CODE -------- nvidia-linux.ko failed to build. error 1. try again using --no-unified-memory --------

I uninstalled 3.12 kernel (12.3) earlier when it would not install the Nvidia driver. I have it on 13.1 and I'll try that. If it works then I'll try on 12.3. Works for me w/"--no-unified...." on Tumbleweed, ^^^^^^^^^^^^ kernel-desktop-3.12.0-34.2.ge8fa6b4.x86_64

Hi Patrick,

I am using the *-0-1.1 kerenl. Where did you get your *0-34.2 one from - HEAD repo?

Tumbleweed, Tumbleweed http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/Tumbleweed/standard/ that's Tumbleweed -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On Saturday, November 09, 2013 04:19:54 PM Basil Chupin wrote:

On 09/11/13 15:21, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Basil Chupin [11-08-13 22:31]:

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On 09/11/13 12:27, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Upscope [11-08-13 18:12]: [...]

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Just ran into this earlier today. Have not tried it yet. i think is supposted to read --no-unified-memory. At least thats' what my installer log showed.

error I got was:

CODE -------- nvidia-linux.ko failed to build. error 1. try again using --no-unified-memory --------

I uninstalled 3.12 kernel (12.3) earlier when it would not install the>>>> Nvidia driver. I have it on 13.1 and I'll try that. If it works then I'll try on 12.3.

Works for me w/"--no-unified...." on Tumbleweed,

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kernel-desktop-3.12.0-34.2.ge8fa6b4.x86_64

Hi Patrick,

I am using the *-0-1.1 kerenl. Where did you get your *0-34.2 one from - HEAD repo?

Tumbleweed, Tumbleweed http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/Tumbleweed/stand ard/ that's Tumbleweed

Thanks Patrick.

BC

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I now have 331.20 running under a 3.11.3 kernel on openSUSE 13.1.Had to use --no-unified-memory option. But it works. Also installed 3.11.6 kernel there but have not had time to in Nvidia driver yet. My 12.3 system has the kernel 3.11.1-3.gfeffbf9-desktop with the 331.20 kernel. it installed with the unified memory allowed, or at least I did not disable it. Some progress. Now hopefully Nvidia will come out with a version that works period. Russ -- openSUSE 12.3(Linux 3.11.1-3.gfeffbf9-desktop)|KDE 4.11.3 |Intel core2duo 2.5 MHZ,|8GB DDR3|GeForce 8400GS (NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-331.20) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 09/11/13 12:27, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Upscope [11-08-13 18:12]: [...]

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Just ran into this earlier today. Have not tried it yet. i think is supposted to read --no-unified-memory. At least thats' what my installer log showed.

error I got was:

CODE -------- nvidia-linux.ko failed to build. error 1. try again using --no-unified-memory --------

I uninstalled 3.12 kernel (12.3) earlier when it would not install the Nvidia driver. I have it on 13.1 and I'll try that. If it works then I'll try on 12.3. Works for me w/"--no-unified...." on Tumbleweed, kernel-desktop-3.12.0-34.2.ge8fa6b4.x86_64

Hmmm, interesting ("But not very funny."). I installed this kernel (from Tumbleweed) on my old 12.2 oS installation and just tried to compile the driver but it wouldn't and came up with the erro message re unified-memory. My assumption is that there is something else which this kernel is looking for which is not present in 12.2 installation before it will compile the driver without this error message. BC -- Using openSUSE 13.1, KDE 4.11.2 & kernel 3.12.0-1 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX660 OC 2GB DDR5 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 11/11/13 16:02, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Basil Chupin [11-10-13 23:44]:

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On 09/11/13 12:27, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Upscope [11-08-13 18:12]: [...]

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Just ran into this earlier today. Have not tried it yet. i think is supposted to read --no-unified-memory. At least thats' what my installer log showed.

error I got was:

CODE -------- nvidia-linux.ko failed to build. error 1. try again using --no-unified-memory --------

I uninstalled 3.12 kernel (12.3) earlier when it would not install the Nvidia driver. I have it on 13.1 and I'll try that. If it works then I'll try on 12.3. Works for me w/"--no-unified...." on Tumbleweed, kernel-desktop-3.12.0-34.2.ge8fa6b4.x86_64 Hmmm, interesting ("But not very funny.").

I installed this kernel (from Tumbleweed) on my old 12.2 oS installation and just tried to compile the driver but it wouldn't and came up with the erro message re unified-memory.

My assumption is that there is something else which this kernel is looking for which is not present in 12.2 installation before it will compile the driver without this error message. What is it exactly which you are trying to find?

It works with the suggested parameter. sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-331.20.run -a --no-unified-memory

https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/628864/unix-graphics-announcements-... https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-installer/blob/master/option_table.h http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=901

Ignore my post, Patrick, I misread your post to which I was replying. I misread your post to say that it works WITHOUT the "--no-unified-memory". Sorry about that. But somewhere, and I cannot remember where, I asked what does "no-unified-memory" mean and what affect can it have on the driver's performance? BC -- Using openSUSE 13.1, KDE 4.11.2 & kernel 3.12.0-1 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX660 OC 2GB DDR5 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 12/11/13 00:34, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Basil Chupin [11-11-13 00:29]:

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On 11/11/13 16:02, Patrick Shanahan wrote: [...]

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https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/628864/unix-graphics-announcements-... https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-installer/blob/master/option_table.h http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=901 Ignore my post, Patrick, I misread your post to which I was replying. I misread your post to say that it works WITHOUT the "--no-unified-memory".

Sorry about that.

But somewhere, and I cannot remember where, I asked what does "no-unified-memory" mean and what affect can it have on the driver's performance? So I guess I wasted my time providing the url's ???? wtf!

Nah, you didn't waste your time. I've got them bookmarked for reference when someone needs a hand. And besides, doing so kept you out of mischief for a while and you didn't have the time to go around knocking old pensioner ladies off their mobility scooters. Or putting sugar in car gas tanks. BC -- Using openSUSE 13.1, KDE 4.11.2 & kernel 3.12.0-1 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX660 OC 2GB DDR5 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 12/11/13 01:21, C wrote:

On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:

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On 12/11/13 00:34, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Basil Chupin [11-11-13 00:29]:

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On 11/11/13 16:02, Patrick Shanahan wrote: [...]

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https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/628864/unix-graphics-announcements-... https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-installer/blob/master/option_table.h http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=901 Ignore my post, Patrick, I misread your post to which I was replying. I misread your post to say that it works WITHOUT the "--no-unified-memory".

Sorry about that.

But somewhere, and I cannot remember where, I asked what does "no-unified-memory" mean and what affect can it have on the driver's performance? So I guess I wasted my time providing the url's ???? wtf!

Nah, you didn't waste your time. I've got them bookmarked for reference when someone needs a hand.

And besides, doing so kept you out of mischief for a while and you didn't have the time to go around knocking old pensioner ladies off their mobility scooters. Or putting sugar in car gas tanks. The links were useful to me... and I can honestly say that they kept me from putting sugar into gas tanks for at least a few minutes (while I read the info).

C.

There. Patrick's efforts are never wasted so he should be proud of himself. :-) BC -- Using openSUSE 13.1, KDE 4.11.2 & kernel 3.12.0-1 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX660 OC 2GB DDR5 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org